Combined tie-plate and rail-anchor



Patented Nov. 1, 1921.

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I WILLIAM P.WARE, OF ALDERSON, WEST VIRGINIA.

-CQMBINED TIEJLATE AND RAIL-ANCHOR.

- Application-filed May 13,-

Be it known that VVILLrAM P. WARE, a citizenof the United States, residing at Alderson,- in the county of Monroe and State of WVest Virginia, has invented-certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Tie- Plates and Rail-Anchors, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to'railways and more particularly to a device for sup-' porting railszon ties and for maintaining the rails from creepingpaiticularly in the 7 direction of travel.

An object of thepresentinvention is to provide a combined tie, plate and anticreeper, or rail anchor which may be easily positioned in the laying of the rails and which may be simultaneously or subsequentlyusedas arail anchor. r

Another object of the present invention is to provide a combined .tie plate and rail anchor which comprises buttwo parts, a base section serving as a support for the rail and. a wedge section serving as a binder for wedging or bindingthe base of therail upon. thesupporting plate andthus not only maintaining the rail .a ainst tilting and, cutting the tie but also. hoding the rail from creepingfincident to travel or to (expansion and contraction. h

,The above, and various other objects, and advantages of'this invention :will be in part described in and in part .be understood from the following-detailed description of the present preferred embodiment, the same. be-

i ng illustrated in the-accompanying draw-5 ings, wherein V Figure 1 is a top plan view of a combined tie plate andrail anchor constructed accord ing to the present inventionithe-view. showing a portion of a rail mounted .on the plate. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is an end view of the device showing the locking wedge or key in. place, and showing asec'tion of rail mounted therein.

Fig. I 4 is a. fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 4 4; .of'Fig. 8; showing, enlarged, the. wedge or. key. in position. i

Fig. 5..is..an,innerend view of. thetwedge orkey- V i Referring to the drawingswwherein .like p r a d ig at d y. im a mi era s- 0 referencethroughout the several views, .10 s gn t s a f a l of stand rd form. p i d with. a mana e llrandathe.usu lzsuppqrt Specification of Letters Patent.

"Patented Nov. '1, 1921.

1921'. Serial No. 469,250. 1

. ingweb 12 upon which the ball or head of the rail is mounted.

According to the formfof, the invention shown in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive, thetie plate comprises a fiat bodytportion 13 constructed of suitable material and in any suitable Inanner as by forging and provided at one marginal edge portion andupon .its upper side with an inwardly extending and over-. hanging flange li-of; suitable height :and depth to engage over. and snugly receive therebeneath the adjacent longitudinal edge portion of the base ofthe rail. This overhanglng flange 14 is supported bythe thickenlng of the metal stock, of'the body or plate 13. at said edgeportion and the thickened portion ofthe stock is providedwith an no wardly. and outwardly facing or beveled edgej15 to facilitate. insertion of claws or the like ,for the removal of spikes and also for the purpose. of conserving material at such points as where excess of material is of. a disadvantage. I

This overhanging flange .14 extends throughout thelength ofthe tie plate 13 and at the opposite side. ofthe tie plate the same is provided with a similar inwardly extending and overhanging .flange 16v extending from one end of the tieplateftoa position substantially intermediate its ends, where such fiange 16is discontinued to provide a space for a. wedging key, as will be subsequently-described. The opposite end portionof the tie plate ,13-is ,provioledwith. an

upwardly enlarged or thickenedv portion .17 providing a way or retainerfor the key'and which extendsfrom an overlapping position with respectgto thefiange 16 tothe opposite .end of thetie plate and. whichat its inner 'sidewis stepped outwardly from the flange .16 to provide a. guiding edge 18 a correspondingly formed wedging face 19' on the outer side of the key 20. The. key 20 .is inthe formof a bar whichis provided with an innerstraight'side having a recess 21 therein .adaptedtoconform to and receiye therein one 'longitudinal edge portion of. he ba .1 he ra l. andt sai y 0r earers salaries? ariauiet an to provide a head 22 which terminates at its inner edge in a stop shoulder 23, adapted to abut against the adjacent edge of the tie plate 13. This shoulder head 22 extends not only across the wedge face 19 thereof but also across the bottom of the key to a leave a depending block-24 which abuts against the adjacent end ofthe tie plate and extends beneath the base 11 of the rail for firmly gripping the rail base not only from above but also from beneath the same. he flange 16 extends vertically of the plate and is adapted to serve as a guiding surface for the introduction of the base of the rail beneath the overhanging flange 14 and the guiding surface or flange 16 terminates in an abrupt stop shoulder 25 facing toward the flaring recess of the tie plate from beneath the wedge face 18,and receives thereagainst' the inner end of the key.

To the tie. plate 13 may be secured a tie in any. suitable manner but preferably by the usual spikes which are driven downwardly through openings 26 in the flanged side of the tie plate and through an open ing 27 in the guiding edge portion 16 of the.

tie plate and at the opposite side of the rail. Another spike, such as 28, is used as a locking'pin for the wedge 20 after the latter has been driven into place and for this purpose the tie plate is provided through its enlarged portion 17 with a recess 29 opening through the v wedge face 18 and which is complemental to a recess 30'which is formed vertically in the key 20 and which opens through the adjacent wedge face 19. These recesses 29 and 30, as shown in Fig. 4:, are adapted to aline when i the key' or wedge 20 is in place and the pin or spike 28 is then adapted to be driven downwardly through the recess 2930 and into the tie. It will be noted that by such construction no strain is placed upon the spike for holding the rail to the plate as the key or wedge 20 takes up all friction and retaining forces exerted between the plate'and the. railhav; ing a'tendency to separate the same. Q1

The stop shoulders 25 and 23 are provided for the purpose of limiting the jamming and distortion of the wedge or key 20 when driven in, and for determining the registration of the recesses 29 and 30.

' The wedge or key 20, when being driven in begins binding against the rail base prior to the seating of the stop shoulders'23 and 25, and they wedging action actually takes place duringthefinal or seating movement of the key and is sufficient for taking up any inequalities found inv the dimensions ofthe parts, and is limited. to prevent distortion of the same" 7 f I It is of course understood that various changes and modifications may be made [in the details of construction and" design of, the above speoifically' described embodimentsof tions being restrictedzionly by the scope of the following claims.

What is claimed is:

I. In a combined tie plate and rail anchor, a body plate having an overhanging flange at one edge adapted to engage the base of a rail and having an upstanding shoulder at its other edge adapted to engage the opposite, edge of the rail base, said shoulder having a ,recees'therein nearone end and extending from said end inwardly andhav-- in a b I c v top wall providing a wedge face overhangdownwardly and forwardly extending ing the body plate, and a key insertible longi-' tudinally into said, recess and having an inclined upper face providing a wedge face adapted to-slid-e on said, first wedge face, said key having near its outer end a stop shoulder adapted toengagethe body 'plate shoulder thereof to limitlthe insertion of the key, said-key also having a straight Y inner side with, an undercut recess therein adapted to receive the adjacent longitudinal edge portion of the rail base, and said plate and key having complemental spike receiving recesses adapted to aline when the 'kpy is in place for locking the key in the pate. r ,1

2. A combined tie plate andrail anchor comprising a plate adapted to extend beneath a rail, said plate having spike re ceiving openings by means of which the 7 plate may be fixed to a tie and having at one edge an overhanging flange to receive the edge ofa railbase and a shoulder at its opposite edge adapted to receive thereagainst the opposite edge of the rail base, said shoulder of the pl ate being-recessed near one end of the plate and the recess having an undercutoutwardly flaring wall forming a wedge face and havinga stop shoulder at the'innerend of"said f'ace,a

key tapered atone end and adapted tobe driven thereat into the recess against said stop shoulder and having a complemental wedge face adap'ted to engage against'said overhanging wedge face of the plate :for ad. va'ncing saidkey against the rail base, said key also having an outstanding shoulder on e its outer end adaptedtoflengagelthe plate to further limit the driving in of the wedge, said key having a recess in its inner edge portion adapted to receive the adjacent edge of the rail base and the latter being adapted to bind-i in said recess of the key as the latteri's advanced-into the recessof the plate,

said plate and said key having complemental recesses opening through the wedge-faces thereof for the reception of a locking member adapted to retain 'thekey from displace ment. F:

3'. Acombined tie plate and r'a'il. anchor comprising a bodyplate adapted to "extend beneath a rail and having an overhanging flange at one edge and an upstanding shoulder at its other edgefor the reception of the base of a rail, a key adapted for insertion between the flange of the rail and said shoulder of the plate and the latter being recessed to receive the key and the key and the plate having complemental wedging faces for advancing the key toward the rail upon insertion of the key, said key having a head portion at its outer end forming a stop shoulder for limiting insertion of the key and the key having a longitudinal recess in its inner side to receive the edge of the rail base, the recess extending through said head, said head having a portion adapted to extend beneath the flange of the rail.

4:. A combined tie plate and rail anchor comprising a body plate adapted to extend beneath a rail and having opposite portions adapted to engage the base of a rail, said plate having a recess near one end opening toward the base of the rail and having an undercut outwardly flaring face defining the upper wall of the recess, and a key having one end portion corresponding in cross section and length to said recess and provided with a complemental inclined tapering side wall adapted to engage the said wall of the recess for advancing the key toward the rail base, said key having an engaging head on its outer end forming a stop shoulder adapted to engage the body plate and having a longitudinal recess through which the rail base is adapted to extend with a portion of the head projecting beneath the rail base.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature.

WILLIAM P. WARE. 

